Re: [talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)
This kit may also help, depending on your screen size: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12561 when fitted, provides a 7-inch touchscreen via USB, which I'm assuming would be more convenient that using the touchpad. -- Voon-Li Chung chun...@gmail.com.au I've seen hardware hacks including fitting the gps inside the 701 case i find the worst problem is not the touchpad, because once you have set it up to navigate it can give you the directions etc on screen or by noise, but the screen blanking with the power save function i could fix that, of course another thing is that i haven't managed to get enough decibels out of festival speech engine to be heard in a normal room easily, let alone against a car motor son thought that steven hawking giving navigation instructions was cool ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)
On 03/06/10 13:31, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: 2.At least two people suggested that an eeepc 701 would make a great GPS using Navit. I'd love to find a howto for this because I have one sitting on my desk ... and I could do a simple PS to run it off the car electrics. Mine is the 4 meg model ... currently running easy-peasy. I'll just sound a note of caution about running an EeePC from 12 volts DC. I've tried with my 1000H and my son's smaller version (700 series). In both cases, the power light on the EeePC just rapidly switches between red and green. I've tried from various 12v sources, including a 12v regulated power supply capable of delivering 6 Amps. I've gone back to using the genuine AC power supply, with a 230v inverter when I use it in the car. John H ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:12:50 +1000 John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote: On 03/06/10 13:31, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: 2. At least two people suggested that an eeepc 701 would make a great GPS using Navit. I'd love to find a howto for this because I have one sitting on my desk ... and I could do a simple PS to run it off the car electrics. Mine is the 4 meg model ... currently running easy-peasy. I'll just sound a note of caution about running an EeePC from 12 volts DC. + John Your email promted me to look on the back of my #701. It says, inter alia ... +9.5V DC 2.315A 22W. Certainly NOT a good idea to just connect it to a 12 volt battery. Power needs to be regulated , capable of at least 2.5A ... and protected against the auto environment ... with some kind of anti-splat circuit!!! Maybe your idea of an inverter plus the usual 240V power supply ids a good one!! Thanks again Richard -- Eraina and Richard Jenkins Canberra, AU 'linux on a Mac: delightful' Skype: richardirena ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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On 3 June 2010 17:36, Eraina and Richard jenkins richardvk...@gmail.com wrote: Your email promted me to look on the back of my #701. It says, inter alia ... +9.5V DC 2.315A 22W. Certainly NOT a good idea to just connect it to a 12 volt battery. Power needs to be regulated , capable of at least 2.5A ... and protected against the auto environment ... with some kind of anti-splat circuit!!! Maybe your idea of an inverter plus the usual 240V power supply ids a good one!! I just checked mine, and it's also 9.5V, not sure why I thought it was 12V but I just use an inverter as well, but the draw is only 6W, my laptop draws 45+ W ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)
On 03/06/10 17:45, John Smith wrote: I just checked mine, and it's also 9.5V, not sure why I thought it was 12V but I just use an inverter as well, but the draw is only 6W, my laptop draws 45+ W My 1000H says 12v, 3A, but wouldn't run properly from any 12v source I tried except the original power pack. It was a couple of years ago, but whatever voltage my son's 700 series said on it was what I tried (within 1v, from a regulated supply). Likewise, same result. Only a low power inverter is required. My 150W inverter is several times the required capacity. John H ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, John Henderson wrote: I've gone back to using the genuine AC power supply, with a 230v inverter when I use it in the car. I've got an inverter - use it to charge the battery rather than constant use on the inverter ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: 1. Where is there a tutorial/howto/whatever for Navit. For me it comes up with a blank screen ... and no maps. I did attempt to download some maps for SE Australia ... so, how do I proceed from this point?? you need a suitable conf file I'll send it separately ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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Eraina and Richard jenkins richardvk...@gmail.com wrote: 1.Where is there a tutorial/howto/whatever for Navit. For me it comes up with a blank screen ... and no maps. I did attempt to download some maps for SE Australia ... so, how do I proceed from this point?? Unfortunately, configuring navit isn't exactly user-friendly. It requires editing an XML file. There's no easy clicky-clicky interface. http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Configuring_Navit Also, acquiring and loading maps isn't user-friendly. You can download navit maps from cloudmade, but you have to manually copy them into the right location, referenced from the navit.xml file you edited earlier. -- Sam Couter | mailto:s...@couter.id.au OpenPGP fingerprint: A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05 5BD5 8530 03AE DE89 C75C signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] Making a laptop Into a Big-Screen GPS (cont.)
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:12:50 +1000 John Henderson snow...@gmx.com wrote: On 03/06/10 13:31, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: 2.At least two people suggested that an eeepc 701 would make a great GPS using Navit. I'd love to find a howto for this because I have one sitting on my desk ... and I could do a simple PS to run it off the car electrics. Mine is the 4 meg model ... currently running easy-peasy. I'll just sound a note of caution about running an EeePC from 12 volts DC. + John Your email promted me to look on the back of my #701. It says, inter alia ... +9.5V DC 2.315A 22W. Certainly NOT a good idea to just connect it to a 12 volt battery. Power needs to be regulated , capable of at least 2.5A ... and protected against the auto environment ... with some kind of anti-splat circuit!!! Maybe your idea of an inverter plus the usual 240V power supply ids a good one!! Get one of these. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/New-12-24V-Car-Charger-Adapter-ASUS-Eee-PC-700-701-/120568116358?cmd=ViewItempt=AU_Laptop_Accessorieshash=item1c126b7486 I've been using one on my eeePC 900 for about 12months without a problem, in fact I bought two so that I've got one in each vehicle and don't have to look for it when I change cars. Much better than having 240V floating around in the car. If your using some other laptop then there are generic vehicle adapters for most available from jaycar, etc -- Cheers Ross ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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On 03/06/10 19:53, Liz wrote: I've got an inverter - use it to charge the battery rather than constant use on the inverter I used my EeePC 1000H a lot, and had to replace the battery after about 12 months. It was expensive. So now I usually run it with the battery removed, especially if mains is available. I have my car's cigarette lighter socket wired to be permanently on, although some inverters might drop out when the car's started motor is engaged. I agree with Ross about it being better not to have mains voltages operating in the passenger compartment. I also note that the seller of his eBay-referenced car adaptor has a 12v output version available for the 1000H. I'll be getting one to try. John H ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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On 3 June 2010 13:31, Eraina and Richard jenkins richardvk...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Where is there a tutorial/howto/whatever for Navit. For me it comes up with a blank screen ... and no maps. I did attempt to download some maps for SE Australia ... so, how do I proceed from this point?? I wrote myself a cheat sheet some time ago, I just uploaded it to the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Debian_plus_EeePC_plus_Navit 2. At least two people suggested that an eeepc 701 would make a great GPS using Navit. I'd love to find a howto for this because I have one sitting on my desk ... and I could do a simple PS to run it off the car electrics. Mine is the 4 meg model ... currently running easy-peasy. On the 2G model I found it useful getting a 4G sdcard and running the OS from that and using the internal ssd for /home ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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On 3 June 2010 14:00, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2010 13:31, Eraina and Richard jenkins richardvk...@gmail.com wrote: 1. Where is there a tutorial/howto/whatever for Navit. For me it comes up with a blank screen ... and no maps. I did attempt to download some maps for SE Australia ... so, how do I proceed from this point?? I wrote myself a cheat sheet some time ago, I just uploaded it to the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Debian_plus_EeePC_plus_Navit I just realised that's the older version, will try and find the navit copy and update the wiki page. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
